نبذة مختصرة : Introduction: Otomycosis is a sub-acute or chronic superficial fungal infection of the external auditory canal that occurs primarily in hot dry weather of tropics and sub tropics. The disease occurs in all age groups and is generally unilateral in presentation. Different species of Aspergillus and Candida usually invade the ear canal following a primary bacterial infection although other fungal pathogens are also infrequently associated with otomycosis. Slide culture technique is often used to delineate the fungal etiology in otomycosis however the morphology is not very clear as compared to the cavity slide culture which preserves the morphology well. Aim: To isolate various fungal agents involved in otomycosis and to compare the cavity slide culture technique with the conventional agar block slide culture for their identification. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 cases were studied from January 2015 to June 2016. Ear discharge specimen were collected on three sterile cotton swabs. Direct examination of the specimen was carried out by Gram stain and 10% KOH mount. All specimens were inoculated on Sabouraud dextrose agar, Blood agar and Mac Conkey agar and only the ones with fungal growth were further processed. Comparison of agar block slide culture and cavity slide culture technique was done for identification of fungi. Statistical analysis was done using one-way ANOVA (analysis of variance) method and a p-value of
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